Affinity Photo 2 for iPad is $11.99 for a limited time (regularly $19.99). It will cost $79.99 following the launch promotional period. The desktop versions are Affinity Photo 2 and costs $40.99 for a limited time. Within Affinity Photo 2, users can target a specific hue range when creating masksĪffinity Photo 2 is available on macOS, Windows and iPad. jxl offers larger dimensions, more channels, improved image quality and more. The format supports lossy and lossless compression, and it's designed to better handle wide color gamut color spaces with high dynamic range. JPEG XL (.jxl) files are becoming more widely supported. Rounding out the major updates is JPEG XL support. With luminosity masking, users can target specific brightness values within their image If you frequently make changes to different layers or use layers to create 'versions' of the same image, a new saved layer state feature lets you quickly review specific types of layers based on color tag, layer type, name and lock status. For example, you can make precise adjustments to just the shadows, only highlights or any luminosity range in between.įor retouchers, band-pass is a type of mask that is focused around edges in an image, which should be helpful for editors who work on different frequency layers. Alongside the hue range mask, Affinity Photo 2 includes the ability to mask specific luminosity ranges. There's a new hue range mask tool, meaning you can create a mask based on a specific color in your image.

Texture artists will enjoy the new ability to adjust lighting information baked into normal maps.Īffinity Photo 2 includes non-destructive raw image editingĪffinity Photo 2 also includes Live Masks, a non-destructive mask that updates automatically based on the properties of the underlying image. For example, you can use the non-destructive warp to make an image look natural on a warped page in a magazine or book. While less photo editing for photographers and more for graphic designers, a new live mesh warp feature lets users distort an image or file to match the surface of an underlying template.

Serif writes, 'This means separate masks you have created can be maintained non-destructively while creating new masks based on those component parts.' Speaking of masks, you can combine multiple mask layers non-destructively with add, intersect, subtract and XOR operations.

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